Lady Gaga drops new single ‘Applause’ a week early after issuing ‘pop music emergency’

Lady Gaga drops new single 'Applause' a week early after issuing 'pop music emergency'

One of pop music’s biggest stars is trying to fix an illegal leak before it dampens the sales of her latest single.

Lady Gaga, the reigning Queen of Pop, took to her Twitter account Monday morning to issue a “pop music emergency,” as her newest single, Applause, was leaked to the Web one week before its scheduled release.

“A pop music emergency is underway 911,” the singer wrote this morning.

Then, shortly after that, she tweeted the following:

DUE TO HACKERS AN ABUNDANCE OF LOW/HIGH QUALITY LEAKS…WE ISSUE THIS POP MUSIC EMERGENCY…MONSTERS SPREAD THE WORD

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